Guest: Roger Wolkoff (Professional Speaker)
Plot Summary: A robot lives an isolated existence doing the same thing day after day has his life altered by another robot; falls in love; and makes an epiphany that changes the course of his life from that moment forward.
*Recognition: AFI Best 2008; Nominated for Best Original Screenplay, Original Score, Original Song, Sound Editing, and Sound Mixing; Won for Best Animated Feature.
What is this movie is about?/Elevator Pitch: Robinson Crusoe with a robot; meta-commentary on environmentalism, man's relationship with AI, and our ability to survive as a species.
Best Performance: John Ratzenberger (John)/Writers (Stanton/Reardon/Docter)/Thomas Newman (Composer)
Best Secondary Performance: Pete Docter (Writer)/Optimism/Animators
Most Charismatic Award: Wall-E/Jeff Garlin (Captain)
Best Scene:
Opening
Wall-E meets Eve
Wall-E shows Eve Hello, Dolly
Foreign Contaminant
Directive Exchange
Chase Sequence
Eve saves Wall-E
Eve Shocks Wall-E
Favorite Scene: Chase Sequence
Most Indelible Moment: Eve and Wall-E's shock
Best Lines:
Ship's Computer: You will survive. Captain: I don't want to survive, I want to live!
Funniest Line:
Mary: I didn't know we had a pool!
The Stanley Rubric:
Legacy: 7.83
Impact/Significance: 7.83
Novelty: 8.33
Classic-ness: 9.33
Rewatchability: 8.17
Audience Score: 9.2
Total: 50.69
Remaining Questions:
If Earth's atmosphere was toxic, how did it fix itself?
Where did all of the garbage come from?
After 700+ years, what is a regenerative buffet?
How did the ship's residents procreate if they never touched each other?
How would Wall-E hang on to a rocket through Earth's atmosphere, and then hold on for several years to reach the cruise ship?
Were the ship's residents able to recreate life on Earth?